Manual:Infantry Manual:Organization:Inside An MSG

Inside a Marine Strike Group (Infantry)
Having described a typical Marine Infantry unit, it must now be noted that there really is no such thing as a typical Marine Infantry unit. As said before, Infantry units are organized as mission objectives and logistical considerations dictate. For this reason, you would be hard pressed to find two identical Infantry companies in the entire SFMC. However, our discussion of unit organization would not be complete without a look at least one deployed Infantry unit.

The Neighbors of the Beast
The 667th Powered Infantry (Aeromobile-SOC) is typical only in that it is as specialized and unique as any other Marine Infantry unit. A rein-forced Company in size, it is designated as an MSG (Infantry). And although it is a Powered Infantry unit, it also has organic aerospace and Light Infantry elements that help it achieve its current mission of acting as the Rapid Deployment Force for the Second Fleet aboard the USS Yamato.

As an RDF unit, the 667th is both Aeromobile and Special Operations Capable, making it a bit of a “kitchen sink” unit. It does, however, serve as a good example of how diverse and specialized SFMC Infan-try units can become. Before it had to fill its current role as the Fleet’s RDF, the 667th was a straight-up Powered Infantry company with three Powered Rifle platoons and a Powered Heavy Weapons platoon. Now, of course, things are substantially different.

The following page shows a breakdown of the force that makes up the 667th. As a straight-up Powered Infantry company, the Powered Recon platoon is replaced with a Heavy Weapons Platoon. The Light Infantry Rifle platoon and Scout/Sniper squad are drawn from the 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Brigade. The air element comes from the 2nd Marine Air Wing and consists of a Tactical Airlift Squadron (VMS-667), rein-forced with a detachment of A-78 Dragons from VMA-78.